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Intermediates of Cellulose Synthesis in Acetobacter

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Cellulose and Other Natural Polymer Systems

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For many years now, the bacterium Acetobacter xylinum has served as a model organism for studying cellulose biogenesis, namely, the biosynthesis of linear β1,4-glucan chains and their crystallization into cellulose fibrils. In this chapter, we shall review developments in the study of the metabolic sequence leading from glucose to cellulose in this organism. We have not, however, attempted a complete survey of the literature; for a more detailed review of the field, the reader is referred to the review by Colvin (1972).

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Aloni, Y., Benziman, M. (1982). Intermediates of Cellulose Synthesis in Acetobacter . In: Brown, R.M. (eds) Cellulose and Other Natural Polymer Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1116-4_17

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